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There are a lot of ways to contribute that don't involve making pull requests. Identifying and raising issues is a good place to start for someone who is not fa

• Bahamut 11y ago
  A caveat to that is that they need to be well-researched before filing issues - otherwise it actually is a negative, especially when a modicum of effort reveals when something actually is a usage issue and not a bug.
  • jacquesm 11y ago
    If only that was made easier. And then, of course it also helps if the majority of the bugs you raise are not flagged 'wontfix', which does wonders to encourage further reporting.
  • jondubois 11y ago
    I actually don't mind if users report 'issues' which turn out to be their own fault. In some cases this could indicate that a feature in your project isn't intuitive enough. Also I like having as many issues as possible - It creates a knowledge base for your project which people can search through.
• mfringel 11y ago
  In my experience, raising an issue is followed by "okay, so fix it.", which reduces to a previously noted problem.